Wow, this is insane, Lian. I am a new GMCer interested in almost any kind of metal, mostly neo-classical, epic, and Iron Maiden-based. I see the difficulty is 6, which will be challenging for me, I'll try it after finishing Hisham's "Heavy Metal - Solo & Rhythm exercise" (Lvl 5).

Could you please suggest some other exercise by you or someone else where I could practise my fast picking, position change and string-skipping?

Hi GMCers, welcome to another lesson from me. To this lesson, I was thinking of using the A harmonic minor scale and try to compose an etude with alternate picking & string skipping.

A few years ago, I was in love with the neo-classical style, so I had learned a lot of licks and little pieces from Paganini.

I think there´re some ideas still in my head because when I play the harmonic minor scale, it´s too difficult to scape from his classical sound. :P So, I hope you find interesting this lesson. Have fun and ask if you need some help.